Belmonte Surname

8,868th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63,905 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Belmonte Surname Definition:

(from a place name) A German family that traces its descent to a Portuguese-Dutch Marrano family from Belmonte on the Iberian Peninsula. King Manuel of Portugal gave the name and the city to the family.

Belmonte Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain15,6751:2,983353
Philippines14,4411:7,010621
Italy5,1211:11,9421,888
Brazil4,9541:43,2121,739
Argentina4,7021:9,090889
United States4,5811:79,1229,026
Mexico4,3811:28,3331,877
Venezuela3,6801:8,208851
France2,8211:23,5462,754
Bolivia8781:12,0921,233
Canada4571:80,6258,989
Saudi Arabia3181:97,03114,320
Australia2771:97,45711,054
Portugal1791:58,2023,162
Chile1761:100,0943,769
Uruguay1691:20,3062,322
England1281:435,29729,139
Ecuador1041:152,9417,134
Dominican Republic1001:104,3294,466
Germany951:847,42661,310
Switzerland891:92,28010,121
South Africa821:660,70448,422
Paraguay491:147,6893,066
Thailand491:1,441,599197,614
Costa Rica461:103,9151,734
Colombia441:1,085,7749,528
Singapore391:141,2236,278
Qatar311:76,0647,685
Netherlands281:603,11352,179
Scotland241:223,07611,507
Sweden191:518,25037,550
Angola161:1,686,8263,823
New Caledonia161:17,2644,719
Israel121:713,13647,700
Peru101:3,178,41230,046
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
China51:273,464,31313,838
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Puerto Rico41:887,5354,548
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Belmonté (4) & Belmontè (1) are calculated separately.

Belmonte (194) may also be a first name.

Belmonte Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from a place name) A German family that traces its descent to a Portuguese-Dutch Marrano family from Belmonte on the Iberian Peninsula. King Manuel of Portugal gave the name and the city to the family.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Belmonte Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Belmonte Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Belmonte (Russian: Бельмонте) is more commonly found in Spain than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Belmonté or Belmontè. For other potential spellings of Belmonte click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Belmonte? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,868th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 114,037 people. The last name Belmonte is mostly found in Europe, where 38 percent of Belmonte are found; 33 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 25 percent are found in Iberian Europe. Belmonte is also the 651,944th most widely held given name globally, held by 194 people.

It is most commonly held in Spain, where it is borne by 15,675 people, or 1 in 2,983. In Spain it is mostly found in: Andalusia, where 24 percent are found, Valencian Community, where 20 percent are found and Catalonia, where 19 percent are found. Other than Spain this surname occurs in 82 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 23 percent are found and Italy, where 8 percent are found.

Belmonte Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Belmonte has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 229,050 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,280 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Belmonte Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Belmonte last name are 1.46% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.69% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Belmonte earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 24.82% less than the national average, earning €22,578 per year; in Peru they earn 46.07% less than the national average, earning S/. 10,454 per year; in South Africa they earn 40.62% more than the national average, earning R 334,164 per year; in Colombia they earn 67.67% more than the national average, earning $38,064,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.17% more than the national average, earning $47,106 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.96% more than the national average, earning $56,121 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Belmonte Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Belmonte in the Russian language
Бельмонтеbelmonte-

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